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26 <h1>IntroduceLoops</h1>
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31 <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="IntroduceLoops">IntroduceLoops</a> is an optimization pass for the <a href="SSA">SSA</a>
32 <a href="IntermediateLanguage">IntermediateLanguage</a>, invoked from <a href="SSASimplify">SSASimplify</a>.</p></div>
36 <h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
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38 <div class="paragraph"><p>This pass rewrites any <a href="SSA">SSA</a> function that calls itself in tail
39 position into one with a local loop and no self tail calls.</p></div>
40 <div class="paragraph"><p>A <a href="SSA">SSA</a> function like</p></div>
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43 <pre>fun F (arg_0, arg_1) = L_0 ()
50 <div class="paragraph"><p>becomes</p></div>
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53 <pre>fun F (arg_0', arg_1') = loopS_0 ()
55 loop_0 (arg_0', arg_1')
67 <h2 id="_implementation">Implementation</h2>
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79 <h2 id="_details_and_notes">Details and Notes</h2>
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